#!/usr/bin/env python3 """ Convert characters from a truetype font to a python bitmap for use with the bitmap or write method. The chango, noto_fonts and proverbs examples use converted TrueType fonts. .. seealso:: - :ref:`chango.py`. - :ref:`noto_fonts.py`. - :ref:`proverbs.py`. Example ^^^^^^^ .. code-block:: console # convert the Chango-Regular.ttf to a python bitmap module with approximately 32 pixel high characters ./write_font_converter.py Chango-Regular.ttf 32 -c 0x20-0x7f > chango_32.py .. code-block:: python import tft_config import chango_32 tft = tft_config.config(1) tft.write(chango_32, "Hello World!", 0, 0) Usage ^^^^^ .. code-block:: console usage: write_font_converter.py [-h] [-width FONT_WIDTH] (-c CHARACTERS | -s STRING) font_file font_height Convert characters from a truetype font to a python bitmap for use with the bitmap method in the st7789 and ili9342 drivers. positional arguments: font_file name of font file to convert. font_height size of font to create bitmaps from. optional arguments: -h, --help show this help message and exit -width FONT_WIDTH, --font_width FONT_WIDTH width of font to create bitmaps from. character selection: characters from the font to include in the bitmap. -c CHARACTERS, --characters CHARACTERS integer or hex character values and/or ranges to include. For example: "65, 66, 67" or "32-127" or "0x30-0x39, 0x41-0x5a" -s STRING, --string STRING string of characters to include For example: "1234567890-." """ # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- # Needs freetype-py>=1.0 # Font handling classes are from Dan Bader blog post on using freetype # http://dbader.org/blog/monochrome-font-rendering-with-freetype-and-python # # Modified by Russ Hughes, Mar 2021 to write bitmap modules compatible with # the MicroPython ili9342c driver at https://github.com/russhughes/ili9342c_mpy # and the st7789 driver at https://github.com/russhughes/st7789_mpy. # # The Negative glyph.left fix is from peterhinch's font conversion program # https://github.com/peterhinch/micropython-font-to-py # https://github.com/peterhinch/micropython-font-to-py/issues/21 # Handle negative glyph.left correctly (capital J), # also glyph.width > advance (capital K and R). # # The MIT License (MIT) # # Copyright (c) 2013 Daniel Bader (http://dbader.org) # # Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy # of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal # in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights # to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell # copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is # furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: # # The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in # all copies or substantial portions of the Software. # # THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR # IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, # FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE # AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER # LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, # OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN # THE SOFTWARE. import sys import shlex import argparse import bisect import itertools import freetype def to_int(string): """ Convert a string to an integer. Args: str (str): The string to convert to an integer. Returns: int: The converted integer value. """ return int(string, base=16) if string.startswith("0x") else int(string) def get_chars(string): """ Get a string of characters based on the given input. Args: string (str): The input string containing character ranges separated by commas. Returns: str: A string of characters formed by combining the character ranges. """ chars = [] for ele in string.split(","): char_range = list(map(to_int, ele.split("-"))) chars.extend(chr(char) for char in range(char_range[0], char_range[-1] + 1)) return "".join(chars) def wrap_list(lst, items_per_line=8): """ Wrap a list of items into a formatted string representation. Args: lst (list): The list of items to wrap. items_per_line (int): The number of items to include per line (default: 8). Returns: str: A formatted string representation of the wrapped list. """ lines = [ ", ".join(f"0x{x:02x}" for x in lst[i : i + items_per_line]) for i in range(0, len(lst), items_per_line) ] return "[\n " + ",\n ".join(lines) + "]" def wrap_bytes(lst, items_per_line=16): """ Wrap a list of bytes into a formatted string representation. Args: lst (list): The list of bytes to wrap. items_per_line (int): The number of bytes to include per line (default: 16). Returns: str: A formatted string representation of the wrapped bytes. """ lines = [ "".join(f"\\x{x:02x}" for x in lst[i : i + items_per_line]) for i in range(0, len(lst), items_per_line) ] return " b'" + "'\\\n b'".join(lines) + "'" def wrap_longs(lst, items_per_line=16): """ Wrap a list of long integers into a formatted string representation. Args: lst (list): The list of long integers to wrap. items_per_line (int): The number of long integers to include per line (default: 16). Returns: str: A formatted string representation of the wrapped long integers. """ lines = [ "".join(f"\\x{x:02x}" for x in lst[i : i + items_per_line]) for i in range(0, len(lst), items_per_line) ] return " b'" + "'\\\n b'".join(lines) + "'" class Bitmap(object): """ A 2D bitmap image represented as a list of byte values. Each byte indicates the state of a single pixel in the bitmap. A value of 0 indicates that the pixel is `off` and any other value indicates that it is `on`. """ def __init__(self, width, height, pixels=None): self.width = int(width) self.height = int(height) self.pixels = pixels or bytearray(width * height) def __repr__(self): """Return a string representation of the bitmap's pixels.""" rows = "" for y in range(self.height): for x in range(self.width): rows += "#" if self.pixels[y * self.width + x] else "." rows += "\n" return rows def bit_string(self): """Return a binary string representation of the bitmap's pixels.""" return "".join( "1" if self.pixels[y * self.width + x] else "0" for y, x in itertools.product(range(self.height), range(self.width)) ) def bitblt(self, src, x, y): """Copy all pixels from `src` into this bitmap""" srcpixel = 0 dstpixel = y * self.width + x row_offset = self.width - src.width for _ in range(src.height): for _ in range(src.width): # Perform an OR operation on the destination pixel and the # source pixel because glyph bitmaps may overlap if character # kerning is applied, e.g. in the string "AVA", the "A" and "V" # glyphs must be rendered with overlapping bounding boxes. self.pixels[dstpixel] = self.pixels[dstpixel] or src.pixels[srcpixel] srcpixel += 1 dstpixel += 1 dstpixel += row_offset class Glyph(object): """ A single character glyph representation. """ def __init__(self, pixels, width, height, top, left, advance_width): self.bitmap = Bitmap(width, height, pixels) # The glyph bitmap's top-side bearing, i.e. the vertical distance from # the baseline to the bitmap's top-most scanline. self.top = top self.left = left # Ascent and descent determine how many pixels the glyph extends # above or below the baseline. self.descent = max(0, self.height - self.top) self.ascent = max(0, max(self.top, self.height) - self.descent) # The advance width determines where to place the next character # horizontally, that is, how many pixels we move to the right to draw # the next glyph. self.advance_width = advance_width @property def width(self): """ Get the width of the glyph bitmap. Returns: int: The width of the glyph bitmap. """ return self.bitmap.width @property def height(self): """ Get the height of the glyph bitmap. Returns: int: The height of the glyph bitmap. """ return self.bitmap.height @staticmethod def from_glyphslot(slot): """Construct and return a Glyph object from a FreeType GlyphSlot.""" pixels = Glyph.unpack_mono_bitmap(slot.bitmap) width, height = slot.bitmap.width, slot.bitmap.rows top = slot.bitmap_top left = slot.bitmap_left # The advance width is given in FreeType's 26.6 fixed point format, # which means that the pixel values are multiples of 64. advance_width = slot.advance.x // 64 return Glyph(pixels, width, height, top, left, advance_width) @staticmethod def unpack_mono_bitmap(bitmap): """ Unpack a freetype FT_LOAD_TARGET_MONO glyph bitmap into a bytearray where each pixel is represented by a single byte. """ # Allocate a bytearray of sufficient size to hold the glyph bitmap. data = bytearray(bitmap.rows * bitmap.width) # Iterate over every byte in the glyph bitmap. Note that we're not # iterating over every pixel in the resulting unpacked bitmap -- # we're iterating over the packed bytes in the input bitmap. for y, byte_index in itertools.product(range(bitmap.rows), range(bitmap.pitch)): # Read the byte that contains the packed pixel data. byte_value = bitmap.buffer[y * bitmap.pitch + byte_index] # We've processed this many bits (=pixels) so far. This # determines where we'll read the next batch of pixels from. num_bits_done = byte_index * 8 # Pre-compute where to write the pixels that we're going # to unpack from the current byte in the glyph bitmap. rowstart = y * bitmap.width + byte_index * 8 # Iterate over every bit (=pixel) that's still a part of the # output bitmap. Sometimes we're only unpacking a fraction of a # byte because glyphs may not always fit on a byte boundary. So # we make sure to stop if we unpack past the current row of # pixels. for bit_index in range(min(8, bitmap.width - num_bits_done)): # Unpack the next pixel from the current glyph byte. bit = byte_value & (1 << (7 - bit_index)) # Write the pixel to the output bytearray. We ensure that # `off` pixels have a value of 0 and `on` pixels have a # value of 1. data[rowstart + bit_index] = 1 if bit else 0 return data class Font(object): """ A truetype font representation. """ def __init__(self, filename, width, height): self.face = freetype.Face(filename) self.face.set_pixel_sizes(width, height) def glyph_for_character(self, char): """ Get the glyph representation for the given character. Args: char (str): The character to get the glyph for. Returns: Glyph: The glyph representation of the character. """ # Let FreeType load the glyph for the given character and tell it to # render a monochromatic bitmap representation. self.face.load_char( char, freetype.FT_LOAD_RENDER | freetype.FT_LOAD_TARGET_MONO ) return Glyph.from_glyphslot(self.face.glyph) def render_character(self, char): """ Render the given character into a bitmap representation. Args: char (str): The character to render. Returns: Bitmap: The bitmap representation of the rendered character. """ glyph = self.glyph_for_character(char) return glyph.bitmap def text_dimensions(self, text): """ Return (width, height, baseline) of `text` rendered in the current font. """ width = 0 max_ascent = 0 max_descent = 0 # For each character in the text string we get the glyph # and update the overall dimensions of the resulting bitmap. for char in text: glyph = self.glyph_for_character(char) max_ascent = max(max_ascent, glyph.ascent) max_descent = max(max_descent, glyph.descent) if glyph.left >= 0: char_width = int(max(glyph.advance_width, glyph.width + glyph.left)) else: char_width = int(max(glyph.advance_width - glyph.left, glyph.width)) width += char_width height = max_ascent + max_descent return (width, height, max_descent) def write_python(self, text, font_file): """ Render the given `text` into a python bitmap module. """ _, height, baseline = self.text_dimensions(text) bits = [] widths = [] offsets = [] offset = 0 for char in text: glyph = self.glyph_for_character(char) # Negative glyph.left fix from peterhinch # https://github.com/peterhinch/micropython-font-to-py # # https://github.com/peterhinch/micropython-font-to-py/issues/21 # Handle negative glyph.left correctly (capital J), # also glyph.width > advance (capital K and R). if glyph.left >= 0: char_width = int(max(glyph.advance_width, glyph.width + glyph.left)) left = glyph.left else: char_width = int(max(glyph.advance_width - glyph.left, glyph.width)) left = 0 # save the bit offset and width of the current glyph offsets.append(offset) widths.append(char_width) outbuffer = Bitmap(char_width, height) # The vertical drawing position should place the glyph # on the baseline as intended. y = height - glyph.ascent - baseline outbuffer.bitblt(glyph.bitmap, left, y) # convert bitmap to ascii bitmap string bit_string = outbuffer.bit_string() bits.append(bit_string) offset += len(bit_string) # join all the bitmap strings together bit_string = "".join(bits) # escape '\' and '"' characters for char_map char_map = text.replace("\\", "\\\\").replace('"', '\\"') cmd_line = " ".join(map(shlex.quote, sys.argv)) max_width = max(widths) # write python module source print("# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-") print(f"# Converted from {font_file} using:") print(f"# {cmd_line}") print() print(f'MAP = "{char_map}"') print("BPP = 1") print(f"HEIGHT = {height}") print(f"MAX_WIDTH = {max_width}") print("_WIDTHS = \\") print(wrap_bytes(widths)) print() byte_offsets = bytearray() bytes_table = [0xFF, 0xFFFF, 0xFFFFFF, 0xFFFFFFFF] bytes_required = bisect.bisect_left(bytes_table, offset, 0, 3) + 1 for offset in offsets: byte_offsets.extend(offset.to_bytes(bytes_required, "big")) print(f"OFFSET_WIDTH = {bytes_required}") print("_OFFSETS = \\") print(wrap_longs(byte_offsets)) print() print("_BITMAPS =\\") byte_values = [ int(bit_string[i : i + 8], 2) for i in range(0, len(bit_string), 8) ] print(wrap_bytes(byte_values)) print("\nWIDTHS = memoryview(_WIDTHS)") print("OFFSETS = memoryview(_OFFSETS)") print("BITMAPS = memoryview(_BITMAPS)") def main(): """ Convert characters from a truetype font to a python bitmap for use with the bitmap method. """ parser = argparse.ArgumentParser( description=( "Convert characters from a truetype font to a python bitmap for use " "with the bitmap method in the st7789 and ili9342 drivers." ), ) parser.add_argument("font_file", help="name of font file to convert.") parser.add_argument( "font_height", type=int, default=8, help="size of font to create bitmaps from." ) parser.add_argument( "-width", "--font_width", type=int, default=None, help="width of font to create bitmaps from.", ) group = parser.add_argument_group( "character selection", "characters from the font to include in the bitmap." ) excl = group.add_mutually_exclusive_group(required=True) excl.add_argument( "-c", "--characters", help='''integer or hex character values and/or ranges to include. For example: "65, 66, 67" or "32-127" or "0x30-0x39, 0x41-0x5a"''', ) excl.add_argument( "-s", "--string", help='''string of characters to include For example: "1234567890-."''', ) args = parser.parse_args() font_file = args.font_file height = args.font_height width = args.font_height if args.font_width is None else args.font_width characters = get_chars(args.characters) if args.string is None else args.string fnt = Font(font_file, width, height) fnt.write_python(characters, font_file) main()